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[–] School_Lunch@lemmy.world 47 points 5 months ago (11 children)

I don't know much about investing, but i wonder if it would it be a good time to short those companies?

[–] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 115 points 5 months ago (6 children)

If you don't know much about investing then you shouldn't short anything ever. People who know about investing will tell you that even when your logic is 100 percent sound, the market isn't that predictable and in general the market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent.

[–] Rubanski@lemm.ee 9 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Isn't shorting theoretically able to put you in infinite debt?

[–] bamboo@lemm.ee 18 points 5 months ago

Theoretically, yes. A short is sorta a negative stock. When you hold a normal stock, the price can never go below zero. But when you hold a negative stock, there’s no maximum value that stock could rise to.

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